Driverless Cars Tested on U.K. Roads

By

Nick Clayton

Feb 18, 2013 7:15 am GMT

Google's experiments with self-driving cars have extremely well-publicized. More quietly, on the other side of the Atlantic, scientists at Oxford University in the U.K. have been developing a system which can be fitted to existing cars and could eventually cost as little as $150.

The system has been installed in a Nissan Leaf electric car and tested on private roads around the university. It is not intended to be used all the time, but takes over as a sort of auto-pilot on familiar roads when conditions are good.

The team led by Professor Paul Newman has developed a somewhat different system from Google, reports The Guardian.